Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me
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Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me is a snowclone popular on Twitter in which a person lays out a budget in which they are spending an exorbitant amount on a frivolous item, then asks, "someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying."
Origin
On September 29th, 2013, @dril tweeted:[1]
Food $200
Data $150
Rent $800
Candles $3,600
Utility $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
His tweet gained over 53,000 retweets and 74,000 likes in three and a half years (shown below).
The top response is user @craigus12[2] saying "spend less on candles," to which @dril[3] responded "no." The tweets gained over 12,000 and 13,000 retweets, respectively.
Spread
Over the following several years, the tweet became a popular snowclone on Twitter where people would change the numbers and "candles." One of the earlier, more popular examples was posted by a Dril parody account, @critical_dril (shown below).[4]
@Dril's tweet was included in a Daily Dot[5] article later that year in a feature on Dad Jokes. It was included in a list of @Dril's 15 best tweets on The Things[6] as well as a list of his 10 best tweets in Newsweek.[7] Meanwhile, the snowclone continued to be used in various iterations on Twitter.
Various Examples
Search Interest
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External References
[1] Twitter – @dril origin
[2] Twitter – @craigus12
[3] Twitter – @dril response
[4] Twitter – @critical_dril
[5] The Daily Dot – Why dad humor is having a moment right now
[6] Things – 15 Hilarious Tweets That Will Make You Want To Follow Dril On Twitter
[7] Newsweek – ON TWITTER'S 10TH BIRTHDAY, LET'S LOOK AT THE 10 BEST TWEETS OF ALL TIME
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